Bipolar disorders are a complex group of severe and chronic disorders that includes bipolar
I disorder, defined by the presence of a syndromal, manic episode, and bipolar II disorder …

Depression in bipolar disorder (BD) patients presents major clinical challenges. As the
predominant psychopathology even in treated BD, depression is associated not only with …

Bipolar disorder is heterogeneous in phenomenology, illness trajectory, and response to
treatment. Despite evidence for the efficacy of multimodality interventions, the majority of …

Regulation of emotions is generally associated exclusively with the brain. However, there is
evidence that peripheral systems are also involved in mood, stress vulnerability vs …

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of about 1%.
People with schizophrenia have a 4-fold higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome than the …

The excess mortality in schizophrenia has received much focus. Future studies should
explore the reasons for the high rates of natural causes of death, while aiming to disentangle …

Objective: As modern studies evaluating suicidal behaviors in large samples of major
psychiatric disorder patients are rare, we compared suicidal risks associated with a variety of …

Major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are severe mental illnesses. Despite
receiving psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatments, about half of patients …

Background The problem of underestimating the burden of mental health-related mortality is
widely discussed in the public health literature. Relevant scientific evidence from societies …

Background In primary health care people with mental health needs are often overlooked or
masked with physical complaints. It has been suggested that public health nurses lack …